Custom Packaging
Rigid boxes, collapsible magnetic boxes, C1S takeaway bags, jewellery and sushi pop packaging, branded parchment and matchboxes.
- Rigid & C1S
- Foil & Emboss
- Die-Cut
- Food Safe
What We Do
Capabilities
Six categories, twenty disciplines. Design, launch campaigns, product development, manufacturing and logistics, plus the media, talent and owned audiences that carry the work in public. One program, so the object that arrives is the object that was approved.
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Packaging
Structure, finish and the reveal. Retail shelf, PR kit, gifting and takeaway.
PR & Influencer Kits
Launch kits designed for the unboxing frame: structure, insert, reveal sequence and the photograph that follows.
- Launch Kits
- Unboxing
- Seeding
Luxury Gifting
Bespoke gifting programs, corporate presentations and one-of-one pieces produced without minimum order requirements.
- Bespoke
- Corporate
- One-of-One
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Merchandise & Apparel
Product built to product standards: worn on the floor, sold at retail, reordered at scale.
Merchandise & Apparel
Premium T-shirts, hoodies, varsity jackets, tote bags and cut-and-sew outerwear built to product standards, not promo standards.
- Fleece
- Cut & Sew
- Knitwear
- Accessories
Uniform Programs
Hotel, venue and service-team programs with consistent fit, durable trims and repeatable reorders at scale.
- Hotels
- Venues
- Service Teams
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Campaigns & Experiences
The launch itself: the kit, the room, the talent, the content and the branded object in frame.
Venue Launch Campaigns
Opening programs for restaurants, bars and hospitality venues: press and influencer kits, guest gifting, takeaway system and front-of-house detail delivered to the opening date. Built for Grand Public's launch: sage-green PR presentation boxes with gold foil, brass key, enamel crest and commemorative coin, alongside kraft takeaway bags, branded chopsticks and cotton napkins.
- Openings
- Press Kits
- Guest Gifting
- Takeaway
Brand Launch Campaigns
Launch campaigns for new brands and new concepts: the seeding list, the kit, the drop moment and every branded object in frame. Run for Powder Room, where the PR launch carried the restaurant's identity across matchboxes, custom boxes and press packages the day the doors opened.
- Seeding
- Launch Kits
- Drop Moments
- Content
Event Production & Activations
Full event programs run end to end: runway shows, pool parties, opening and closing nights, day activations, brand zones and sponsor moments. Proven annually across ViCES Swim Week in Toronto and Art Basel week in Miami.
- Runway
- Parties
- Brand Zones
- Run of Show
Hospitality & Restaurant Branding
Front-of-house identity carried across uniforms, takeaway packaging, printed papers and guest-facing detail.
- Front of House
- Takeaway
- Guest Experience
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Media, Talent & Audience
Content, casting and owned distribution attached to every program, through the ViCES & Co. media engine, ViCES Swim Week and Pretty Pace Walk Club Toronto.
Brand Development Through Media
Identity, story and campaign direction built for the feed by the ViCES & Co. media team, our owned fashion label. Positioning, art direction and a content plan that keeps a brand publishing after launch week.
- Art Direction
- Positioning
- Content Strategy
- Social
Content Production & Campaign Shoots
Live-action product and lifestyle shoots, campaign stills, event coverage and same-day social cuts, shot with our own talent, crew and locations in Toronto and on location.
- Live Action
- Product Film
- Stills
- Same-Day Cuts
AI Video & Animation
AI-generated video, animated cartoon work and motion graphics for brands that need feed volume without a full production cycle for every post.
- AI Video
- Animation
- Motion Graphics
- Volume
Promotional Models & Influencer Talent
Promotional models, brand ambassadors, hosts, DJs and vetted influencer casting for openings, activations and brand campaigns, sourced through the ViCES Swim Week talent funnel and booked with usage rights sorted up front.
- Event Staffing
- Brand Ambassadors
- Influencer Casting
- Casting
Sponsorship & Brand Integration
Sponsor placement inside our owned properties: brand zones, product-in-hand moments, co-branded product and on-camera integration across ViCES Swim Week and Pretty Pace Walk Club Toronto.
- Sponsorship
- Brand Zones
- Co-Branded Product
- Integration
Community Activations
Venue takeovers, route sampling, member-captured content and co-branded drops run through the Pretty Pace Walk Club Toronto network, a growing all-women walking community with a live weekly turnout.
- Walk Club
- Venue Takeovers
- Sampling
- Toronto
Owned Audience Distribution
Campaigns posted through channels we own rather than rented ad space: the ViCES Swim Week and Pretty Pace Walk Club Toronto feeds, plus the ViCES & Co. audience, with content captured by the people in it.
- Owned Channels
- Product Seeding
- Community Drops
- Distribution
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Custom Manufacturing
Designed in-house, produced worldwide through vetted partners under our own oversight.
Product Development
Construction libraries, material intelligence and technical packs that take an idea from reference image to manufacturable spec.
- Tech Packs
- Construction
- Materials
Global Sourcing
Vetted supplier networks and permanent sourcing intelligence across packaging, textiles, trims and hard goods.
- Supplier Network
- Costing
- Compliance
Manufacturing Management
Production oversight against approved specs through vetted factory partners: tolerances, inspection, corrections and delivery accountability.
- QC
- Tolerances
- Oversight
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Logistics & Delivery
The last mile is part of the brief: freight, customs, warehousing and distribution.
Freight & Logistics
Freight booking, customs documentation, warehousing and distribution coordinated to the launch calendar.
- Freight
- Customs
- Distribution
Services
Service pages in detail
Deliverables, process, timelines and the client projects behind each service line.
Custom Packaging Design & Production
Custom rigid boxes, mailers, retail bags, hangtags and labels designed in-house by ViCES Studio and produced worldwide, with sampling before any volume run.
Custom Merchandise & Branded Product
Fully custom branded merchandise for retail floors, events and venues: headwear, apparel, accessories and hard goods, designed by ViCES Studio and produced worldwide.
Custom Apparel & Uniform Programs
Cut-and-sew apparel and staff uniform programs from ViCES Studio: tech packs, fit sampling, grading, decoration and reorders for hotels, restaurants, venues and brands.
Hospitality Merchandise & Packaging
Packaging, uniforms and guest-facing product for hotels, restaurants, bars and venues, designed by ViCES Studio and produced worldwide as one coordinated program.
Branded Gifting & PR Kit Production
PR boxes, influencer seeding kits and VIP gifting produced by ViCES Studio: custom structure, inserts, personalised print, kitting and shipping to your recipient list.
Branded Experiences & Launch Campaigns
Brand and venue launch campaigns from ViCES Studio: invitations, packaging, uniforms, signage, event execution, campaign film and talent delivered as one program.
Packaging
Anatomy of a packaging program
One packaging system, designed in-house and produced through our worldwide supply chain. Every piece is specified and sampled together, so the hangtag, the box and the mailer all read as the same brand when they land in a customer's hands.
- Hangtag, front and back
- Gold-foil detailed edges
- Gold emboss branding hangtag
- Slides box (PR box)
- Branded card with QR
- Custom poly bag
- Gloss poly mailer
Bespoke Outerwear
Custom jackets, one team member at a time
A gifting program built around individual pieces: tailored construction, optional custom patches and no minimum order, so the gift carries the same weight as the person receiving it.
- Leather Jackets
- Biker Jackets
- Windbreakers
- Bomber Jackets
- Varsity Jackets
- & More
- Tailored construction per recipient
- Custom patches and personalization
- No minimum order requirements
- Premium materials and finishing
Motion
Product in motion
Filmed proof of construction, fit and finish across apparel, headwear and packaging produced through our global supply chain.
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ViCES & Co. varsity jacket film
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ViCES & Co. black jacket film
PAiD
PAiD headwear with Shayne Jansen
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Finishing and packing detail
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Behind the scenes on a sourcing trip
Media, Talent & Audience
Built-in distribution for every launch
ViCES Studio does not stop at the object. We pair production with the media engine, talent roster and owned audiences that turn a finished product into a public moment.
- Swim Week
- Models, hosts and DJs cast from our own runway roster
- Walk Club
- An all-women Toronto walking community, growing weekly
- On location
- Activations run in Toronto and Miami every year
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Brand Media
Campaign films, product reels, event recaps and AI-assisted animation produced under the ViCES & Co. media engine.
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Models & Talent
Promotional models, runway talent, hosts and DJs drawn from the ViCES Swim Week roster for live and filmed activations.
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Owned Audiences
Product seeding, walk clubs and community drops that put branded goods directly into the hands of engaged local networks.
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Live Activations
Runway shows, pool parties, venue launches and brand drops where product, talent and content happen in the same room.
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Concept to delivery
- 01
Discover
We define the audience, commercial objective, product requirements, and role the project must play within the brand.
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Design
Creative direction, colour, materials, construction drawings, artwork, and technical specifications are developed in-house.
- 03
Source
Materials, trims, finishes, and manufacturing partners are selected against the approved specification, quantity, budget, and timeline.
- 04
Sample
A physical proof is produced, reviewed, and corrected until every functional and visual detail is ready for approval.
- 05
Produce
Manufacturing is managed against approved specifications, tolerances, timelines, and quality standards.
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Deliver
Freight, customs, warehousing, distribution, and launch delivery are coordinated through the final handoff.
The Knowledge Vault
Manufacturing intelligence behind every project.
The ViCES Studio Knowledge Vault combines construction precedent, material behaviour, supplier intelligence, compliance standards, benchmarked pricing, logistics data, and production results. Every brief is evaluated against what has already been proven in the real world, allowing us to build more intelligently, quote more accurately, and reduce production risk.
Product Intelligence
What has already been built, what it cost and what failed, held as reusable precedent rather than starting each brief cold.
Construction Libraries
Proven structures, patterns and build methods with known tolerances, so a concept is quoted as a manufacturable spec on day one.
Material Intelligence
Stocks, weights, trims, coatings and finishes tracked against real production behaviour, lead time and landed cost.
Manufacturing Specialists
A mapped bench of factories by discipline: who is genuinely best at rigid boxes, cut and sew, embroidery or hard goods.
Supplier Networks
Vetted, price-benchmarked partners across regions, so capacity and cost are negotiated from evidence, not from a single quote.
Global Standards & Playbooks
Compliance, food-safe, hi-vis and export documentation requirements codified before the first sample is cut.
Market Intelligence
Category, freight and raw-material movement watched continuously so timelines and pricing hold when the market shifts.
Business Intelligence
Per-program margin, reorder behaviour and sell-through data used to sharpen the next run of the same product.
Questions
Frequently asked
- What does ViCES Studio actually produce?
- Packaging, merchandise, apparel, uniforms, PR and gifting kits, retail and event collateral, plus brand and venue launch campaigns. If it carries your logo, we can design it and produce it.
- Do you manufacture in-house?
- No. Design is done in-house and fully custom to the client. Manufacturing is facilitated through our established worldwide supply chain, managed end to end as a white-glove service.
- How long does a typical program take?
- Most programs run four to eight weeks from approved design to delivery, depending on construction, decoration method and freight route.
- Is there a minimum order quantity?
- Minimums depend on the product and the factory. Small, high-touch runs such as PR kits and gifting boxes are routine; large apparel and packaging programs scale to full retail volume.
- Can you handle design if we have no artwork?
- Yes. We can start from a brief, a logo or nothing at all. Concepting, tech packs, construction drawings and colour specification are done in-house before anything is sourced.
- Do you offer talent and media as well as product?
- Yes. Brand development through media, AI video and animation come through the ViCES & Co. media team, and promotional models and influencers come through the ViCES Swim Week talent funnel.